A Reader's Letter

Many thanks to You, and I wish You good health.

It is very fortunate for me that in this life, I have the chance to read Your publications and listen to Your teachings on audio tape. I am especially grateful to You and the meditation center for regularly sending magazines to us from thousands of miles away.

It was a coincidence that I got hold of one of Your sample booklets. I put it away for a couple of weeks; but when I did open it, I went through the whole booklet nonstop. Immediately I rang up the contact person in Tauranga and asked for more information about You.

I was born in a peasant family on the outskirts of Canton, mainland China in 1964. During my childhood I did quite a lot of bad things like shooting birds, fishing, and catching frogs. I came to New Zealand at the end of 1989. I had a few jobs and then I went to do some study. Now I am working in a government computer department in a place called Hastings. I am in charge of the computerized financial system. There is a lot of pressure and it's very tiring. However, it is nothing compared to Your burden.

I started to be a vegetarian two years ago after having some contact with Buddhism. Before that, my life was in a muddle, not knowing the sin of eating meat and killing. In this life alone, as far as I can remember, I don't know how many visible sentient beings I've hurt. I'm lost for words when I consider my past lives and all the invisible beings that I have harmed.

After reading Your books, I know that Your Quan Yin Method is the Noah's Ark of today. But only the initiated can get in easily. I pray and beg for the great compassion and mercy of Supreme Master Ching Hai so I can receive initiation to help me to be liberated from lifetimes of cows, horses and countless transmigrations. I pray that the people of New Zealand could have the great merit and affinity to listen to Your dharma teachings and get the method from You.

"When this moment has passed, life is also finished. Since life is ephemeral, where is happiness?"

If You permit, we are willing to follow You to any corner of the world to receive initiation.

Once again I wish good health and hope that everything happens exactly as You wish!